Mattress construction



M. WEISBERG MATTRESS coNsTRUcTIbN Fiid Olot. 2e, 1942l NVEINTOR MAX #VE/:asks

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Patented A ug. 21, 1945 UNITED; STATES PATENT OFFICE MATTRESS CONSTRUCTION Max `Wcsl)ers Brooklyn, N. Y. Application october 26, 1942, serial No. 463,362 3 claims. `(o1. 5-359) v The present invention relates to improvements 1in mattress construction, and has for its primary object, the provision of novel, yet simple and bulges of the human torso, is substantially nulli- The present invention is based upon the `discovery by me that where the filling material is given oblique support at relatively closely spaced points within the mattress, such support tends to resist compaction of the filling material, at least in part, by transmitting the force of the body pressure to other parts of the mattress, and

in part by deflecting'said force back at an angle moreor less acute to the direction of the incident force or pressure.

In carrying out my invention,` I provide the interior of the mattress with a series of inclined webs, which preferably extend transversely across the width thereof and are stitched each to the Thereaftersuitable filling material is inserted in `,the pockets or compartments circumscribed o or bounded by said webs, sides and top andbottom fabric of the mattress.

`tially prism or wedge-shaped compartments 2,

by the interposition of a pleat-like fabric sheet i 3, the creased edges of which are stitched as shown at 4, to the top and bottom layers la, lb, of the covering fabric of the mattress, in such manner as to provide inclined webs 5 for affording oblique support for vthe lling `material 6 disposed` within the several prism or wedge- In order further to strengthen the mattress against sagging and to provide resistance against compaction and compressive pressures, there is provided in each triangular cell 2, a horizontal semi-rigid, yet flexible separator H, as for instance, a sheet of corrugated board, lextending from web to web, and running the full width of the mattress, thus further dividing the comwithin the cells. `In Fig. 2, instead of using the tom of the mattress and the filling material placed corrugated board separator, the additional resistance to compaction and compressive pressure is provided by horizontal webs 1, `separating each` wedge-shaped compartment into wedge-shape thereof. "It will be observed that this arrangementprovides two tiers of compartments, an

upper tier and a lower tier. The upper tier consists of aseries of substantially trapezoidal comezoidal compartments is to more positively oppose compaction of the nlling material in said latter compartments by Aseemingly interposing a force in the opposite direction, in addition to the action rst ascribed by virtue of the oblique support.

Having thus `described `my invention, what I i claim is: o

1. A mattressl having transversely extending partitions dividing the interior ofthe mattress into a series of wedge-shaped compartments and having horizontal partitions of flexible semirigid material sub-dividing the entire length of each wedge-shaped compartment, said horizontal partitions being arranged in staggered rela tion with respect` to the horizontal. partitions in the next adjacent compartments. o

2. A mattress having transversely extending partitions dividing the interior of the mattress to the horizontal partitions in the next adjacent compartments.

3. A mattress having transversely extending partitions dividing the interior` of the mattress into a series of wedge-shaped compartments and having horizontal partions sub-dividing each` of the partitions and the compartments being substantially coextenslve. i

MAX WEISBERG. 

